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On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:01 PM, election-methods-request at lists.electorama.com wrote:

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> From: Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [EM] SODA arguments
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>> For those who feel that strategic resistance is the most important, SODA
>> is unmatched. It ... has no burial incentive (ie, meets later-no-help),
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> Oops. I got carried away. "No burial incentive" is arguably true, but it
> doesn't universally meet later-no-help, only up to 4 candidates.
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> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:56:24 -0500
> From: robert bristow-johnson <rbj at audioimagination.com>
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> Subject: Re: [EM] Question about Schulze beatpath method
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> On 2/17/12 1:27 PM, Markus Schulze wrote:
>> it can happen that the weakest link in the strongest path
>> from candidate A to candidate B and the weakest link in the
>> strongest path from candidate B to candidate A is the same link,
>> say CD.
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> how can that be?  since a path is a *defeat* path.  you only traverse a 
> beatpath from a candidate who beats the next candidate in the path.
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> is it that candidates C and D are exactly tied?  other than that, i 
> cannot understand how the weakest link from A to B can be the same as 
> *any* link from B to A.
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